Clothes-hanging clip.



No. 894,908. PATENTBD AUG. 4, 1908. A. SOHfiNING.

CLOTHES ;HANGING am. APPLIOATIQN TILED JULY 6, 1907.

ADOLF SCHGNING, OF HILDESHEIM, GERMANY.

CLOTHES-HANGING CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed July 5, 1907. Serial No. 382,388.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLF SoHoNING, a subject of the German Empire,residing at Hildesheim, in Germany, have invented Clothes-Hanging Clips,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved clothes hanging clip, the purposeof which is mainly to economize space in places used for drying clothes,for example, attics and rooms in towns, and to accelerate the dryingprocess by stretching the clothes.

A construction embodying the invention is illustrated in the annexeddrawing.

The improved cli which may be constructed of any suita le material, is adouble clip, that is to say, two clips are united in one device. Thebody a, which may be pointed, tapered or rounded at its ends, iscentrally recessed at a forming inwardly returned ends a and faced at aa to form, in conjunction with the movable jaws b and 0 two clampingsurfaces in the same plane. The said jaws b and c are directly fixed toa plate spring d with returned ends d, the body of which is fastened byscrews d to the part a, and the ends by screws (1 to the parts I) 0respectively, so that the spring serves to carry t e jaws b c and alsoto press them into closing position. The jaws b c are formed with facesI) c and with tails b c projecting inwardly towards each other.

The soiling of the clothes with dust or rust by laying the clothes overthe cord or wire on which they are to be hung is obviated by theprovision of holes (1 to engage the cord or wire.

The manner in which the clip is intended to be used is as follows: Aftersuspending a row or series of clothes from the line, a second row orseries of clothes is suspended, by means of the clips, from the clothesfirst hung up, and so on until the space between the line and the groundor floor is entirely occupied by clothes.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States 1s:

A double clothes hanging clip comprising in combination a body a havingclamping faces a at each end a plate spring (Z affixed to body a andhaving returned ends (1* and movable jaws b c fixed to the returned endsof the plate spring.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo witnesses.

AD. SCHONING.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. BOWOOCK, R. PAUL THOMPSON.

